'Agustawestland' - 294 News Result(s)

Former Air Force Chief SP Tyagi was arrested today over alleged irregularities in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal worth 3,600 crores, signed when the Congress was in power. He was arrested along with his cousin Sanjeev Tyagi and lawyer Gautam Khaitan after hours of questioning. The former air chief has been accused of abusing his official posi...

A special court has issued a fresh open-ended non-bailable warrant (NBW) against British national and alleged middleman Christian Michel James in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal case, while summoning as accused his two Indian associates and an Indian company.

India today asked Britain to extradite nearly 60 people wanted by it, including liquor baron Vijay Mallya and Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal, for bringing them back to face justice in India.

The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to clarify its stand on a plea seeking SIT probe into alleged irregularities in the purchase of VIP Agusta helicopters by Chhattisgarh government as also about some foreign bank accounts purportedly linked to the son of Chief Minister Raman Singh.

Embattled middleman in the VVIP chopper scam Christian James Michel has written to CBI, saying he is willing to meet with Indian investigators in Dubai and has sought the withdrawal of Interpol Red Corner Notice against him in case the meeting takes place.

A two-member CBI team visited Italy recently and collected details in the AugustaWestland VVIP Helicopter deal case from key police and legal officials there who had probed the graft allegations there.

Defence firms that have committed corruption-related offences will face action under a proposed blacklisting policy but the government will not hesitate to buy a product from another company even if any equipment or software manufactured by the blacklisted entity was embedded into it.

British national and alleged middleman Christian Michel James, wanted in India in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal case, was keen to get details about certain government payments made to AgustaWestland for Sea King helicopters used by the Indian Navy, says an Enforcement Directorate probe report.

BJP on Friday accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of lowering his chair's dignity by levelling "unfounded" allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his educational qualification and said it was being done to divert attention from AgustaWestland case involving Congress.

VVIP chopper scam-tainted Italy's Finmeccanica has warned that it may "assess" its ongoing projects of supplying components and essential services if "agreed and transparent solution" to current uncertainty was not found.

The government has decided to cancel all ongoing tenders for defence equipment won by Italy's Finmeccanica as a precursor to blacklisting of the firm which is being investigated for bribery in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal.

The Central Information Commission has directed the Defence Ministry to disclose some records related to AgustaWestland helicopters deal including the opinion of the Attorney General on returning procured choppers and records related to court proceedings in Italy.